Mechanical movement.



S. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1, 1915. 1,165,050. Patented Dec. 21, 1915;

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S. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1915.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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S. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1915.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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SAMUEL '1. WHITE, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Application filed January 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in mechanical movements for washing machines, and particularly to motor-driven washing machines having wringer attachments applied thereto.

The object of my invention is to provide new and improved means for actuating the the same time increase the power.

These and other advantages I obtain by the means hereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 isa side elevation of a washing machine tub having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the machine from a view point at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on dotted line 33, Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a horizontal section taken on dotted line 4- Fig. 3, showing only fragmentary portions of the mechanism affecting the operation of the dolly-shaft, drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the said mechanism taken on dotted line 55, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of transmission gearing and casing therefor taken on dotted line 66, 2, drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the same taken on dotted line 77, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of the handle and brake therefor taken on dotted line 8-8, Fig. 2, drawn to a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a tub supported on four equi-distant corresponding legs, and closed on top by a suit- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2 1, 1915.

Serial No. 893.

able lid B, one side of which is straight and hinged to a stationary top-strip a upon which latter the tray for a wringer C is mounted.

The dolly D of this machine is mounted and longitudinally adjustable on a sleeve d, and this sleeve surrounds the upper end of a vertical tube E the lower end of which is clamped in the center of the bottom of the tub by nuts or arbors e, e. The upper end of sleeve 01 is secured to a rotary reciprocable shaft 2 which extends down through the tube E and has its lower end journaled in bearings 3 made in one piece with the lower arm/l of a bracket 5 the supportingplate of which is suitably secured to the underside of the bottom of the tub.

Thus far the description pertains to the construction of a Washing machine that is very common. The lower end of shaft 2 has a sleeve 6 secured thereto and constitutes a journal therefor that extends through bearings 3, and just below said bearings it is provided with a circumferential flange 7 that prevents said shaft from being moved upward. The upper end of this sleeve,

above the bearings, is formed into the counterpart 8 of a clutch. Above this counterpart a pinion 9 is loosely mounted on shaft 2 the lower face of which is formed into a clutch-member 10 that is the obverse of counterpart 8 which it is adapted to engage. This pinion is raised and lowered on shaft 2 a limited distance in order to enable it to engage and disengage from counterpart 8 by means of a treadle 12 that consists of a bar that is fulcrumed to the hanging portion of bracket 5, and has its longer branch extend straight outward beyond the circumference of the bottom of the tub so that the hand can be used to depress it. The other shorter inwardly extending arm of treadle 12 passes alongside of pinion 9 and has two lips projecting laterally therefrom that embrace the edge or marginal portion of pinion 9, and when the outer arm of said, treadle is depressed disengages pinion 9 from sleeve 6, and when the pressure on the outer arm of the treadle is raised pinion 9, through the tially in the same plane thereas.

a guide-opening or recess 15 made in the adjacent edge of the hanging portion of bracket 5, which latter, preferably, has an anti-friction roller therein which the back of the rack engages. The end of the rack farthest from pinion 9, that is, its outer end, is pivoted to the upper end of a link 16 whose lower end is pivotally mounted on the adjacent end of a horizontally disposed open frame or platform 17, and the construction of the upper end of said link is such as to enable the upper end of a connecting-rod 18 to be pivoted thereto. Platform 17 comprises a cast metal open frame that is connected to the inner sides of and braces the legs of the washing machine tub a suitable distance below the bottom of the same, and it is provided with integral posts 19 and 20 that have alining bearings in their upper ends for the horizontal shaft 21 of a large ear 22 which latter has a wrist-pin projecting therefrom to which the lower end of connecting-rod 18 is pivotally connected.

Gear 22 is engaged by a pinion 23 that is journaled in bearings 24 and 25 depending, respectively, from the underside of said platform and from the outer end of an arm 26 projecting from platform 17 substan- Shaft 27 extends beyond pinion 23 and has a concave pulley 28 securely mounted thereon. This pulley 28 is driven through the medium of a belt 29 which engages and derives motion from a smaller concaved pulley 30 on the adjacent end of the shaft of a motor F. The slack of belt 29 is taken up by a suitable belt tightening contrivance comprising an idleconcaved' or donkey-pulley 21; and L-shaped arm 32 in the upper end of thewertical branch of which said pulley is journaled, and the opposite end ofthe branch of which is pivoted in a lug 33 depending from the platform. The horizontal branch of arm 32 has a lug 34 projecting laterally therefrom which is engaged by an expansion coil-spring 35 interposed between the same and the underside of platform 17. If desired, a guidepin 36 whose upper end is suitably secured in platform 17 may be employed which passes down through the bore of spring 35 and through a lug 34 projecting from arm 32 for the purpose of retaining the spring in place, which latter keeps pressing down on arm 32 and causes pulley 31 to take up the slack of belt 29.

Shaft 21 extends beyond bearing 20 and just beyond a bearing 37 in the upper end of the same vertical member 0a in the lower end of which bearings 25 are made. Between these bearings, 37 and 20, shaft 21 has two suitably separated corresponding mitergears 38 and 39 securely mounted thereon.

These miter-gears face each other and their uppermost segments are engaged by a miterpinion 40 that mounted on the lower end of a vertical shaft 41 journaled in bearing made integral with the ends of a vertically disposed floating channel shaped. sleeve 42 the lower end 43 of which is bifurcated and has an, integral transverse horizontal member 44 connecting the ends of its bifurcations, the center of length of which is provided with a boss that surrounds shaft 21 and the ends of which project beyond said bifurcations and forms lugs 45. The bifurcations of this end 43 is seated in a. transverse slot or recess made in the center of length of the dome of a longitudinally elongated casing 46 which latter has lugs projecting outwardly from it on either side of the ends of said recess that are attached to lugs 45 of the end of the sleeve by means of bolts, substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

Casing 46 is rounded on top and at both ends; its longitudinal sides extend straight down to its lower edges; it extends slightly over bearings 20 and 37 at each end and its ends are recessed for the accommodation of said bearings.

Sleeve 42 extends upward above the top of the tub and its upper end is likewise bifurcated and the ends of these bifurcations 47, 47, are pivotally connected to the sides of a bell-shaped housing 4 8 that has an internal axial bearing boss 49. This boss is mounted on the extended end of the shaft 50 of the lower roller of the wringer C, and is retained thereon by a collar 51 on the adjacent extremity of said shaft. Shaft 41 extends longitudinally up through sleeve 42 and has bearings in the upper end thereof in addition to that in the lower end, hereinbefore referred to, and on its upper extended end it has a miter-gear 52 that meshes with a corresponding miter-gear 53 securely mounted on the wringer-shaft 50.

Shaft 41 will revolve either in the one direction or the other according as gear 40 engages miter-gears 38 or 39, and will remain stationary when not in engagement with either of said gears. The sleeve 42 is oscillated from the center of its pivotal connection with housing 48 by means of a horizontal rod 54, one end of whichis pivoted between lugs 55, projecting from the longitudinal edges of sleeve 42 below the plane of the lower edges of the tub and extending from thence under the bottom o-f'said tub and beyond the opposite side thereof where its adjacent end is suitably connected on a crank 56 on the lower end of a vertical rockshaft 57. This rock-shaft is journaled in brackets 58 and 59 the supporting screwplates of. which are secured to the side of the tub and the upper bracket 59 has a horizon-' upper bearings and has a crank 63 with which to turn it, and the boss of this crank I has three flat faces 62, one of which is located diametrically opposite from where the arm of the crank projects and the other two onopposite sides and at right angles to the first-mentioned face.

A comparatively strong expansion spring 61 is seated in the bore of seat 60 and extends out of the same and engages the boss of the crank and presses so strongly against the faces thereof that it will hold shaft 57 against voluntary movement. When shaft 3 57 is moved so as to swingsleeve 42 to bring pinion l0 into engagement with gear- 39 shaft 41 will turn in one direction and spring 61 will engage one of the opposite faces ofthe boss-crank and will hold pinion 49 and gear 39 in engagement. When shaft 57 is turned in the direction so as to bring the spring intoengagement with the cen- -tral face of the boss of the crank, pinion 40 will be held'out of engagement with both gear-s39 andet8 and shaft 41 willremain stationary, and when shaft 57 is turned up so as tobringspring 61 into engagement" with the face of the boss of the crank opposite to that first mentioned in this paragraph, pinion 40 will engage gear 38 and shaft 41 will revolve in the opposite direction.

What I claim as new is:

I --1 In a mechanical movement, a motor, speed reducing gearing driven by said motor and including shafts and gears mounted on said shafts, .a sleeve, a driven shaft in said sleeve,a miter gear on said driven-shaft on said shafts, a sleeve, a driven shaft in said sleeve, a miter gear on said drivenslmft ulapted to be moved m meshing pos1- tionrelatively. to the gears of reducing gearing when theqsleeve is oscillated, means for bifurcated end of said sleeve.

oscillating said sleeve; said sleeve having a bifurcated ,l-ower end that straddles one of=- the shafts of the reducing gearing, and a dome-shaped casing attached to the lower 3. In a mechanical movement, a motor, speedieducing gearing driven by said motor and including shafts and gears mounted on said shafts, a sleeve, a driven shaft in said sleeve, a miter gear on said drivenshaft adapted to be moved in meshing position'relatively to the gears of reducing gearing when the sleeve is oscillated, asupport to which the upper end of the sleeve;-

is pivoted, and means for oscillating said sleeve on its pivot.

4. In a mechanical movement, a motor, speed reducing gearing driven by said motor and including shafts and gears mounted on said shafts, a sleeve, a driven shaft in said sleeve, a miter gear on said driven-shaft adapted to be moved in meshing position relatively to the gears of reducing gearing when the sleeve is oscillated; said sleeve having bifurcated upper and lower ends, a housing to which the upper bifurcatedend of the sleeve is pivoted, and a casing pivotally attached to the bifurcated end of the sleeve; said 110-using and easing inclosing a portion of the shaft and gearing.

5. In a mechanical movement, a motor, speed-reducing gearing driven by said motor and including horizontal shafts, gears on said shafts, two separated bevel gears on one of said horizontal shafts, a vertical shaft, a miter gear at the lower end of said vertical shaft, means for engaging said miter gear with either bevel gear on the horizontal shaft, an upper horizontal shaft,

a miter gear on said upper horizontal shaft, a miter gear at the upper end of the vertical shaft meshing with the miter gear on the upper horizontal shaft, and housing on the upper horizontal shaft; said gear. engaging means being in the form of al'tubular sleeve which inclosesthe verticalzshaft and is piv- -oted to the, housing.

6. In. a mechanical. movement, a motor, speed reducing gearing-driven by sa1d motor and lncludlng horizontal shafts, gears on said shaft, twoseparated bevel gearson' one of said horizontal shafts, a vertical shaft,-'a miter gear at the lower end of said vertical shaft, means for engaging said miter gear with either bevel gear on the horizontal shaft, an upper horizontal shaft, a miter gear on said upper horizontal shaft,

' a miter gear at the upper end of the vertical shaft meshing with the miter gear on the upper horizontal shaft, and housing on the upper horizontal shaft; said gear engaging means being in the form of .a tubular sleeve which incloses the vertical shaft and is pivoted to the housing, and .a-lower casing attached to the lower end of said sleeve.

7. In a mechanicalmovement, a motor, speed reducing gearing driven by said motor and including horizontal shafts, gears on said shaft, two separated bevel gears on one of said horizontal shafts, a vertical.

shaft, a miter gear at the lower end of said vertical shaft. means for engaging said miter gear with either bevel gear on the horizontal shaft, an upper horizontal shaft, a miter gear on saidupper horizontal shaft,

.a miter gear at the upper end of the vertical shaft meshing with themiter gear on the upper horizontal shaft and a houslng on the end of, the upper horizontal shaft to gear onthe lowerextremity of the'connecting shaft adapted to mesh with either of the gears on the driving shaft, a housing inclosing the upper gears to which the upper end of the sleeve is pivoted, a casing inclosin the lower gears to which the lower end of the sleeve is attached, and means for oscillating the sleeve on its pivot to shift the lower end of the connecting shaft.

9. A mechanical movement comprising a suitable support including a plurality of legs, a horizontally disposed frame-work connecting said legs, a motor securely 5 mounted thereon, speed-reducing gearing driven by said motor, horizontal shafts for said gears which are journaled in bearings integral with the frame-work, two suitable separated beveled gears on the end of the shaft of the larger of said speed-reducing gears, a vertically disposed sleeve having its upper end bifurcated and having bearings in its upper and lower ends, and a vertically disposed shaft journaled in said shaft, and miter gears securely mounted on its extended ends the lower of said miter gears being. adapted to engage one or the other of said pair of beveled gears when said sleeve is oscillated, a horizontal shaft above said support, a miter gear securely mounted thereon and meshing with the miter gear on the end of said vertically disposed shaft, a bellshaped housing the axial boss of which is mounted on said upper horizontal shaft and to which the ends of the adjacent bifurcations of the sleeve are pivotally connected, means for oscillating said sleeve, and a dome-shape elongated casing attached to the bifurcations on the lower end of said sleeve. 50 10. A mechanical movement comprising asuitable support including a plurality of legs, a horizontally disposed fraane-work connecting said legs. a motor securely mounted thereon, speed-reducing gearing driven by said motor, horizontal shafts for said gears that are journaled in bearings integral with the frame, two suitable separated beveled gears on the end of the shaft of the larger of said speed-reducing gears,

' a vertically disposed sleeve having its upper end bifurcated and having bearings in its upper and lower ends, and a vertically disposed shaft journaled in said sleeve, and miter gears securely mounted on its extend- 55 ed ends, the lower miter gear of which is of "ti'ons ofthe sleevearepivotally connected, a

dome-shaped elongated casing secured to the bifurcations at the lower end of said sleeve and inclosing the pair of miter gears.

11. A mechanical movement comprising a suitable support including a plurality of legs, a horizontally disposed frame-work connecting said legs, a motor securely mounted thereon, speed-reducing gearing 35 driven by said motor, horizontal shafts for said gears which are journaled in bearings integral with the frame, two suitable separated beveled gears on the end of the shaft of the-larger of said speed-reducing gears extending beyond the side of the support, a vertically disposed sleeve having its upper end bifurcated, a vertically disposed shaft journaled in said sleeve, and miter gears securely mounted on itsends extending beyond its bearings, the lower miter gear of which is of such diameter that it can occupy a disengaged position mediate said pair of beveled gears or brought into engagement with one or the other thereof when said sleeve is oscillated, a horizontal shaft above said support, a miter gear securely mounted thereon and meshing with the miter gear on the upper end of said vertically disposed shaft, a bell-shaped housing the axial boss of which is mounted on said horizontal shaft and to which the ends of the adjacent bifurcations of the sleeve are pivotally connected, and a dome-shape elongated casing attached to the bifurcations on the lower end of said sleeve, a horizontally disposed reciprocable connecting-rod extending under said support one end of which is pivotally connected to said sleeve, a vertically disposed rock-shaft to the crank on the lower end of which the opposite end of said connecting-rod is connected, and means for locking said rock-shaft in anyone of several positions.

12. A mechanical movement comprising a no suitable support including a plurality of legs, a horizontally disposed frame-work connecting said legs, a motor securely mounted thereon, speed-reducing gearing driven bysaid motor, horizontal shafts for said gears which are journaled in bearings integral with the frame, two suitable separated beveled gears on the end of the shaft of the larger of said speed reducing gears, a vertically disposed sleeve having its upper 13:;

end bifurcated, and a vertically disp'osed shaft journaled in said sleeve, miter-gears securely mounted on the ends of said shaft,

the lower gear of which is of such diameter that it can occupy a disengaged position mediate said pair of beveled gears or brought into engagement with one or the other thereof when said sleeve is oscillated, a horizontal shaft above said support, a miter gear on the end of said vertically disposed shaft, a bell-shaped housing the axial boss of Which is mounted on said uppermost horizontal shaft to which the ends of the adjacent bifurcations of the sleeve are pivotally connected, a d0me shape elongated casing attached to the bifurcations on the lower end of said sleeve, a horizontally disposed reciprocable connecting-rod extending under said support one end of which is pivotally connected to said sleeve, a vertically disposed rock-shaft to the crank on the lower end of which the opposite end of said connecting-rod is connected, and means for locking said rock-shaft in any one of several positions including a crank on the upper end of said rock-shaft the circumference of the boss of which has a plurality of flattened surfaces, an expansion spring adapted to engage said flattened surfaces, and means for housing the same.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 31 day of December, 1914.

SAMUEL TL WHITE. Witnesses:

FRANK D. THOMASON, FLORENCE MITCHELL. 

